Non League Premier: Southern match prediction: Little separates Hitchin Town and Barwell in quality

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Top Field (4000 seats)

Struggling Hitchin Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Barwell in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Hitchin Town form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Hitchin Town have to build on here at Top Field in the Non League Premier: Southern.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Nuneaton Town in the Non League Premier: Southern last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Redditch United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hitchin Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 4 Lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lowestoft Town are coming to town in two days.

Hitchin Town has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Hitchin Town have conceded 11 goals.

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Barwell form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Having won their last three away games Barwell has no reason to fear anyone.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Barwell, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Redditch United (placed 21st). Before that, Barwell secured a home win against Royston Town with the score 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Barwell in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Barwell, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Barwell are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. Barwell have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 1 - 3 (Hitchin Town wins - draws - Barwell wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Hitchin Town missing players

Barwell missing players

Hitchin Town Barwell
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 4 8 16
4 2 1 Won W 2 4 8
6 3 2 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 1 3 6
18 9 3 Scored S 9 15 35
24 11 5 Conceded C 6 13 27
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 88%
50% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 81%
25% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 62% 69%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 31%
56% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 75%
31% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 19%
19% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.1 2.2 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.3 6.1 4.4
3.4 3.8 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.9
1.1 1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.6 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
56 25 18 Total Shots T S 40 81 158
22 9 6 Shots on Target S O 19 38 73
59% 78% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 42%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Barwell have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Barwell have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Barwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hitchin Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Hitchin Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 15 11 1 3 30 13 8 6 0 2 16 6 7 5 1 1 14 7 17 34
2 Banbury United 18 9 6 3 26 15 9 5 3 1 13 8 9 4 3 2 13 7 11 33
3 Coalville Town 15 8 5 2 31 17 6 4 2 0 15 7 9 4 3 2 16 10 14 29
4 Hednesford Town 15 9 2 4 31 18 7 5 1 1 16 4 8 4 1 3 15 14 13 29
5 Nuneaton Town 17 8 3 6 31 25 9 7 1 1 22 9 8 1 2 5 9 16 6 27
6 Barwell 16 8 2 6 35 27 8 4 1 3 20 14 8 4 1 3 15 13 8 26
7 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 17 7 5 5 26 28 8 5 1 2 16 14 9 2 4 3 10 14 -2 26
8 Peterborough Sports 14 7 4 3 38 20 9 5 3 1 28 13 5 2 1 2 10 7 18 25
9 Bromsgrove Sporting 16 7 4 5 40 23 7 2 2 3 10 10 9 5 2 2 30 13 17 25
10 Rushall Olympic 15 7 4 4 31 20 8 6 1 1 24 8 7 1 3 3 7 12 11 25
11 Royston Town 15 7 4 4 27 19 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 25
12 Biggleswade Town 15 7 2 6 24 24 7 5 0 2 12 11 8 2 2 4 12 13 0 23
13 Stourbridge 11 6 3 2 24 18 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 3 2 1 13 11 6 21
14 Needham Market 16 5 6 5 22 19 9 2 5 2 15 13 7 3 1 3 7 6 3 21
15 Kings Langley 17 6 3 8 28 30 7 3 1 3 13 12 10 3 2 5 15 18 -2 21
16 Hitchin Town 16 4 6 6 18 24 8 2 3 3 9 11 8 2 3 3 9 13 -6 18
17 Stratford Town 18 5 2 11 26 44 11 5 1 5 21 23 7 0 1 6 5 21 -18 17
18 Lowestoft Town 15 5 1 9 18 29 8 4 1 3 8 8 7 1 0 6 10 21 -11 16
19 Alvechurch 16 3 4 9 18 28 7 2 3 2 12 9 9 1 1 7 6 19 -10 13
20 St Ives Town 17 3 2 12 16 33 8 2 1 5 6 16 9 1 1 7 10 17 -17 11
21 Redditch United 15 2 3 10 14 31 8 1 2 5 8 13 7 1 1 5 6 18 -17 9
22 Leiston 17 2 2 13 17 66 9 1 2 6 11 30 8 1 0 7 6 36 -49 8

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.